The mission of The University of Texas at Austin is to achieve excellence in the interrelated areas of undergraduate education, graduate education, research, and public service. The University provides superior and comprehensive educational opportunities at the baccalaureate through doctoral and special professional educational levels. • • • The University contributes to the advancement of society […]
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Now you know why it was easy to believe Astros general manager Ed Wade had done the right thing when he took a chance on Miguel Tejada. This World Series is for you, Ed. He went out and got Pedro Feliz for the same reason he got Miguel Tejada. Also Mike Hampton, Russ Ortiz and […]
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Finally, we have an owner willing to stand up and tell the world he’s sick and tired of cheats. For too long, professional sports owners have looked the other way, pretended steroids weren’t a problem, lived in a fairytale world. All that was on the line was a sport’s credibility. Yes, I understand fans don’t […]
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Someone asked Gary Kubiak how it felt to still be in contention this late in the season. I guess that’s the kind of question that gets asked when you’ve got a franchise typically out of contention around Labor Day. ”It’s early in the season,” Kubiak said. “There’s a long, long way to go, but obviously, […]
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This is just silly. At least it seems silly. If it turns out to be the right thing to do, it won’t be the first time I was wrong. I’m wrong so often I give wrong a bad name. Still, if Yao Ming can play, let him play without restrictions. If he can’t play, it’s […]
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This is about as interesting a sports week as we’ve had around here in a long time. There’s so much good stuff it’s hard to know where to start. I’m guessing the Texans are an easy No. 1 in the hearts and minds of fans. They’ve got the Colts on the road next Monday night, […]
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Oh I know I said we were going with that whole youth movement thing. Hey, it’s not like I haven’t flip-flopped on an issue before. Besides, there are reasons to bring Lance Berkman back. First, he makes the Astros better. If we’ve learned anything this baseball season, it’s that any franchise can win. MLB could […]
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Let’s say you tapped a Texans fan on the shoulder back in July and said, ”Hey, friend, would you take a 4-2 record at the bye week?” I’m guessing he would have said, ”Heck yes, pardner.” If he was a UH graduate, he would have added, ”You want me to supersize that?” Speaking of being […]
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The Texas Rangers began this season with the fourth-lowest payroll in baseball, and that’s just one of the fascinating parts of this story. The Rangers were built almost by accident. Alex Rodriguez and Tom Hicks are hugely important to this team, but not in the way you might think. Hicks bought the Rangers when they […]
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Texas A&M’s football facilities are second to none. That wasn’t true when Mack Brown arrived in Austin in 1998, and R.C. Slocum was a long time convincing his bosses that A&M had fallen way behind Texas in one of the most important aspects of recruiting. At some point, he persuaded a group of A&M leaders […]
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